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public_interest3 The Summer Stipend Program is a comprehensive, collaborative program through which alumni, students, legal employers, and various friends provide stipends for our students performing otherwise unpaid legal public interest work around the world. Eligible students working in certain public interest positions in the United States may also choose to supplement their stipend award with matching Federal Work Study funds. To find out more about the organizations in which students used their skills, check out the publication Law Students Making a Difference. The L-STAR program also provided generous funding.

Student Information

If you are interested in finding out more about the program and how it operates, please visit the Summer Stipend Explanation Guide and Federal Work Study Guide. If you are interested in applying for one of our Alumni Funded Fellowships, please see the AFF Application and Job Descriptions. Student leaders may also contact Gail Peshel for information about funding a fellow student and the application process.

Summer Stipend Information

If you’d like to work in public interest this summer, but are concerned about being able to earn a salary, the Summer Stipend Program can help you. If you have already secured a job, the paperwork you need to complete for summer stipend and federal work study money will be available here in the near future. If you are still looking for a job, click here for a list of employers we know are hiring for the summer of 2009. Most of these employers have employed Notre Dame Law students through the Summer Stipend Program before and are familiar with the process and the paperwork involved. (If they have not participated in the program before, there are (**) by the employer’s name. They have been contacted, however, and are interested in participating this year.) We will continue to update this list as we learn of additional positions. We certainly encourage you to continue to search for a position on your own as well.

Neither Summer Stipend funding nor Federal Work Study money is guaranteed. We will certainly do our best to find funding for every student, but we simply cannot guarantee it.

Please contact Career Services if you have any questions.

2009 Summer Stipend and Federal Work Study Deadlines

February 13 FAFSA application due online
March 17 Student Group & Law Summer Funded Stipend Award – Click here for Application
* Everyone need to complete the general application even if you’re not applying for student group funds.
March 20 Signed 2008 Federal Tax forms (or Non-Filer Statement) submitted to Financial Aid
March 25 First round of Summer Funded Stipend awards made to students
(24 hour response required)
March 27 – onward Additional rounds of awards made as needed
April 8 Employment Paperwork Due to Career Services Office – Click here for paperwork
1. Original signed Agency Agreement (including Position Description)
2. Statement of Intent to Re-Enroll
3. Tax & Employment Form (State WH-4, Federal W-4, I-9)
Note: You will be required to provide original documents in support of the I-9 to prove your eligibility to work in the United States.
4. ND Direct Deposit Form